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100 days of Yulia Svyrydenko’s Government: culture as the foundation of state resilience and development

Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine, posted 29 October 2025 12:23

The Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine has summarised the first 100 days of the new Government. During this period, the Ministry team focused efforts on key areas: protecting cultural heritage, investing in culture, developing cultural diplomacy, and building human capital.

“We have launched a grant programme for creative industries of up to UAH 1 million, signed a memorandum to establish the Cultural Heritage Fund, and secured initial agreements for multimillion investments. We supported artistic projects with UAH 205.7 million and initiated funding for restoration works totalling UAH 256 million. This is just the beginning. Ahead lies the official launch of the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Fund, scaling up grant programmes, and systematically strengthening culture as the bedrock of our statehood,” emphasised Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy and Minister of Culture of Ukraine Tetiana Berezhna.

Over the 100 days of the new Government, the Ministry:

– In protecting cultural heritage:

  • Launched funding for restoration works at 42 landmark cultural heritage sites totalling UAH 256 million;
  • Ensured the preservation of 98,000 museum collections in 2025, with over 670,000 cultural artefacts safeguarded in total;
  • As part of decommunisation, deimperialisation, and decolonisation, 216 sites lost their protected status due to links with soviet and russian imperial legacies.

By protecting heritage, we protect our own history. This is about identity, memory, and the future we are building.

– In investing in culture and creative industries:

  • Launched the Own Business for Creative Industries grant programme – from UAH 200,000 to UAH 1 million to develop cultural businesses;
  • Over 200,000 18-year-olds have used the eBook programme to purchase Ukrainian books;
  • Signed a memorandum with the ALIPH Foundation to establish the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Fund, which will serve as an international tool for financing restoration and recovery projects;
  • Implemented 83 projects through artistic competitions, attracting UAH 205.7 million in support;
  • With support from the State Film Agency, 35 Ukrainian film premieres were produced and presented, with 19 more in final production stages;

The Ukrainian Cultural Foundation implemented 260 projects totalling UAH 203 million.

Culture is part of the economy. Creative industries create jobs, develop small businesses, and contribute to GDP. Every hryvnia invested in culture returns manifold.

– In cultural diplomacy:

  • Held the founding meeting of the Cultural Resilience Alliance, joined by 14 countries and international organisations;
  • Presented national pavilions at 6 leading European book fairs, showcasing over 70 Ukrainian publishers;
  • Launched 79 translation projects in 25 languages worldwide to promote Ukrainian literature abroad.

Cultural diplomacy is a tool for international partnership, advocating Ukraine globally, and shaping our reputation as a nation that creates, not destroys.

– In recovery and institutional capacity:

  • Launched the CuRe community recovery school, conducting two training modules;
  • Over 400 museums holding the state portion of the museum fund completed training and began using the electronic museum fund registry – with more than 100,000 items already entered.

We are building a system where culture thrives. This is about institutional capacity, transparent processes, and opportunities for every cultural institution to operate stably and effectively.

The Ministry is laying the foundation for a new state policy where culture is a strategic national resource. It is the bedrock of statehood, a tool for security, economic development, and Ukraine’s international agency.

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